Yes, I know it's not called Core i9 anymore, but I will continue to refer to the mammoth upgrade of my workstation as a Core i9 Upgrade.

A couple folks have been asking about this, and since I couldn't figure out how to make my Newegg public wish list viweable by people who don't have a Newegg account, I've reproduced it here with comments:

Intel Core i7-980X LGA1366 CPU (Retail Box)
Note: This isn't out yet.  It's supposed to be out by March 16th, 2010.  Yes, six cores with HT.

Intel BOXDX58SO LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Model #:BOXDX58SO
Item #:N82E16813121361

GIGABYTE GV-N98TSL-1GI GeForce 9800 GT 1GB Silent Cell 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Model #:GV-N98TSL-1GI
Item #:N82E16814125282
Note: I'm only getting this card because it lacks a fan.  I have terrible luck with fans, they all die on me after a year or two (yes, I change the air filter in my HVAC unit frequently) for some reason, and I can't stand the noise they generate.

DViCO FusionHDTV7 Dual Express DUAL HDTV/Analog TV Tuner Card - Retail
Model #:FusionHDTV7 Dual Exp
Item #:N82E16815135001
Note: I'm not buying this from Newegg.  I might not buy this at all - I already have the FusionHDTV5 RT GOLD card (I use the 8VSB tuner with MythTV for crystal-clear OTA broadcasts), which is a single-tuner classic PCI version of this card, and since the Intel motherboard has only one PCI slot, I have to decide if I'm going to stick with the FusionHDTV5 or my old SB Live! card.  If I ditch the SB Live! card (that has served me well for 11+ years, and does Dolby Pro Logic II decoding in hardware, or something) then I'll stick with the FusionHDTV5.

OCZ Colossus Series OCZSSD2-1CLS250G 3.5" 250GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) - Retail
Model #:OCZSSD2-1CLS250G
Item #:N82E16820227473

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL - Retail
Model #:F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL
Item #:N82E16820231313
Quantity: 4x (yep, 16GiB!)
Note: There aren't many 4GiB DDR3 RAM chips around.. I'd be completely satisfied to get ones that don't have red jaw looking pieces of plastic attached to the PCBs, but I don't have much of a choice at this point.

I'm using my existing case, power supply, and Blu-ray/DVD burner optical drive.  I guess I have to ditch the 3.5" floppy drive, since there's no floppy controller on the DX58SO..

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